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Sibling Relationships Meredith L. Brown Dr. Kenneth Storey University of Tampa October 2014 Literature Review: Sibling Relationships The family unit across the globe is valued by almost all cultures as the most important social structure in which humans form the tightest bonds. Now significant evidence to suggest that within the family structure the relationship and interaction between siblings is the most impactful relationship of a human’s lifetime. Researchers have only recently become interested in the unique relationship between siblings. Siblings have been found to advance one another’s social, emotional, and cognitive development (Mcguire and Shanahan, 2010). Researchers are now are posing the question, â€Å"Are our relationships with our siblings the most important of all?† Sibling experiences can be diverse depending on the culture, values within the specific family, and the society that they live in. â€Å"Sibling Relationships in Cross Cultural Perspective† published in the Journal of Marriage Family, breaks down the different culture meanings of the word â€Å"sibling† and sibling roles into industrial and non-industrial societies (Cicirelli, 1994). In industrial societies, such as the U.S., declaration of a sibling can be seen as discretionary, with the greater society only considering true siblings as those who are biologically or legally declared (Cicirelli, 1994). 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